Otaku no Video (OAV)

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©2001 by Gainax • Toshiba EMI.

Alternative title:
More Otaku No Video 1985
Otaku No Video 1982
おたくのビデオ (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A normal man who slowly slips in to the life of being an otaku and never returns.
User Ratings: 628 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 43 votes (sub:38, dub:3, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 121 votes (sub:100, dub:11, raw:2, ?:1, others:7
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 161 votes (sub:141, dub:6, ?:2, raw:2, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 153 votes (sub:129, dub:10, ?:2, raw:1, others:11
5 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 83 votes (sub:73, dub:7, ?:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 36 votes (sub:34, dub:2)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1139 users, rank: #1023 (of 7348)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.393 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6712, rank: #1729 (of 7369)
Weighted mean: 7.369 (Good+), rank: #1621 (of 7369) (seen all: 7.43 / seen some: 6.07 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 7.372 (Good+), rank: #1397 (of 5558)
Running time: 50 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Vintage: 1991
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Tatakae! Otaking" by Tsujiya Kooji
Ending Theme:
"Otaku no Miyoimichi" by Toshiharu Sakurai and Kikuko Inoue
Official website:
Otaku no Video Wiki (AnimEigo)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Review:
Otaku no Video (Jan 20, 2002)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Otaku no Video (Sub.DVD) 2002-03-29
VHS
    Otaku no Video (Sub.VHS) 2000-03-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takeshi Mori
Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Yamaga (uncredited)
Toshio Okada
Storyboard: Shinji Higuchi
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Character Design: Kenichi Sonoda
Art Director: Hitoshi Nagao
Animation Director:
Hidenori Matsubara (ep 2)
Takeshi Honda (ep 1)
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Director of Photography: Sadafumi Sano
Producer:
Kazuhiko Inomata
Yoshimi Kanda

Animation:
Akiko Moro
Akiko Teshima (Studio Fantasia)
Hidenori Matsubara
Keiji Ishihara
Makoto Yamada (Studio Fantasia)
Noriyuki Nakajima (Studio Fantasia)
Shoichi Masuo
Takehiro Nakayama
Takeshi Honda
Tetsuhito Saito
Yasuko Hino
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Animation Check:
Hajime Yoshida
Yoshiko Kurihambara
Assistant Animator:
Chieko Shiobara
Daihachi Okajima
Emiko Nakayama
Heiko Hino
Kaori Miyagawa
Keji Ishihara
Kotomi Ikeda
Makoto Imai
Masami Takebuchi
Midori Tashiro
Miyao Suzuki
Norio Yamazaki
Shjinji Saitoo
Takeo Uchiyama
Tomohiro Miyashita
Tomoko Takei
Yooji Niizuma
Yoshiaki Wakaki
Yuichi Tanaka
Assistant Title Timer: Ai Kurokawa
Audio Coordination: Toru Nakano
Audio Supervisor: Junichi Sasaki
Cel Painting:
Akiko Sato
Etsuko Komatsuzaki
Harumi Satoo
Hideko Tezuka
Maki Ide
Sachiko Nakayama
Shuuko Itou
Yoshiko Nakanishi
Yukie Fukuyama
Co-Producer: Yoshimi Kanda ((1& 2))
Color Establishment: Maki Nakazawa
Cultural & Literary Consultant: Yuuji Watanabe
Key Animation:
Isamu Imakake
Kazuya Kuroda
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Tadashi Abiru
Yasuhito Kikuchi
Yoshihiro Fukuda
Negative Editing: Kazuaki Nakata
Planning: Toshio Okada
Recording:
Nobuhira Hirano
Yasuo Kosuge
Yuuko Awano
Recording Supervisor: Toshiaki Hoshino
Sound Effects: Junichi Sasaki
Special Effects: Rumiko Nagai
Technical Director: Shoichi Masuo
Theme Song Lyrics: Yoshimi Kanda
Theme Song Performance:
Kikuko Inoue (ED)
Kouji Tsujitani (OP)
Toshiharu Sakurai (ED)
Tinting Establishment: Tomohisa Iizuka
Kikuko Inoue as Misty May
Kouji Tsujitani as Kubo
Toshiharu Sakurai as Tanaka

Yūko Kobayashi as Misuzu Fukuhara
Yuri Amano as Yuri Sato

Akio Ohtsuka as
Banker Kanda
Narrator
Hideyuki Umezu as
Shao Bai Lung
Yoshida
Jun-ichi Kanemaru as Inoue
Kikuko Inoue as Ueno Yoshiko
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Murata
Masami Kikuchi as Miyoshi
Nobuo Tobita as Yamaguchi
Rena Kurihara as Nakamaru Yooko
Shigeru Nakahara as Hino
Takako Kikuchi as Girl
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Iiyama
Wataru Takagi as Kitajima
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Studio CATS
Studio Marine
In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro
Dragon Production
Dust
Studio Fantasia
Studio Ghibli
Studio Mu
Key Animation:
Anime R
Studio Fantasia
Negative Editing: Inoue Edit Room
Photography: Studio Coral Reef
Production: GAINAX
Production Cooperation: Studio Fantasia
Recording Studio: Central Recording
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production:
Central Recording
HALF H·P STUDIO
Title Design: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Director: Michael House
Art Director:
Luray Carroll
Scott Carlson
Translation:
Shin Kurokawa
Toshifumi Yoshida (Otaku No Video 1985)
Trish Ledoux (Otaku No Video 1985)
Executive producer: Robert J. Woodhead
Producer: Michael Morton

Cultural & Literary Consultant: Masae Watanabe
Editing: Roe R. Adams III
Liner Notes Preparer:
Michael House
Shin Kurokawa
Production Assistant:
Nancy Powell
Paul Laughter
Production Coordination: Natsumi Ueki
Production manager:
Janice Hindle
Peter R. Haswell
Scott Carlson
(none)
English companies
DVD Authoring: Devlin Video International
Internet Streaming: Midnight Pulp
Licensed by: AnimEigo
French staff
French companies
(none)
DVD Distribution: Dybex
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: ACOG
German cast
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Menu Design: Benjamin Cohen-Jonathan
Prepress: Laurent Bourdain
Press Officer: Philippe Christin
Production Assistant: Manu Roy
(none)
Dutch companies
Distributor: Dybex

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